another one on the circular

I really enjoyed the earlier discussion about the Moebiouses and I currently have two on hooks right now. I am crocheting one for each of my nieces. Along with hats and leg warmers in matching yarn. : ) I was quite please that I got them started fairly easy.

Christy

You already did Mirjam because without your help last year I would have never been confident enough to try - thank you, I have been lovely and warm this winter in mine. :-)

Oh Thank You Bernadette for you compliment ,,,, i am blushing ,, and You get to have the warm shawl ,,, Good things are wonderful to share with others !!!! mirjam

Well Done Christy !!!! what colors are you using ? mirjam

I WROTE AN ANSWER THANKING YOU , but this thing tells me i haven`t sent it ?????????? Thus i thank you Again [or first time you see it ] Bernadette for the comoliments mirjam >

Well all the above posts happened as i Some how sent some enpty posts ???? Email only knows what happened .. Any way my new Moebious grew over the week end ,,, politicians talk and i knit by the tv ,,, moebious isn`t too complex , [politicians annoy too much complicated pattern can be distorted !!] mirjam

Well Done Christy !!!! what colors are you using ? mirjam

Sorry for the late reply Mirjam. We have been without phone service since Friday due to some icy weather. For my oldest niece I am using a varigated purple (Red Heart Shaded Purples) And the youngest is getting varigated pink, lavendar, and light blue (Red Heart Girlie Girl).

Christy

OOOOOOO Christy i LOVE varigated wools that sounds/reads lovely ,, mirjam

OOOOOOO Christy i LOVE varigated wools that sounds/reads lovely ,, mirjam

Unfortunately, the yarn I am using is acrylic and not wool. Though I wish I had some. I wonder if bamboo would be warm? The locat craft store sells bamboo yarn and it is soooo incredibly soft, but I don't know if it would be warm.

Christy

The friend for whom i knitted the Bamboo shawl says it is warm ,, i knitted it in a lace pattern, she doesn`t like wool , and i thought it would be neater than cotton ,,,,, wraped around her meck [ it is 150 cm long ] it is warm and cozy just the way she likes it ... mirjam ps [after all it is rather loosely spinned LOADS of air gets caught in the holes !!!!

ps i can`t touch acrylic brrrrr mirjam

Acrylic is, unfortunately, the most affordable and most available in my area. I would love to try some of the more organic fibers. Bamboo, as I have mentioned, and I would also like to try some alpaca. I may get adventurous one day and just buy something not acrylic. : )

Christy

I was cruising Hobby Lobby yesterday and they seem to be closing out quite a few of their yarn lines leaving a lot of empty shelf space. I found some Bernat Alpaca that hadn't been there before next to one of the close out yarns. I hope they get in more of the Bernat `good stuff' like the cashmere, bamboo, soy, and maybe some of Paton's better yarns too.

sue

Strange that this shop does it now that Knitting is still gaining more and more popularity ,, mirjam

suzee wrote in news:fofmlv$91c$ snipped-for-privacy@aioe.org:

it's possible they are clearing out the fall/winter lines to make room for the spring/summer yarns too. lee

I tried making a scarf from bamboo yarn. The yarn was soft, silky, and heavenly. The only problem was, the yarn had a terrible way of unwinding itself back into its basic fibers and kept breaking on me. What a mess. I finished the project, but never again!

Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT

Possibly, they're basically a chain all purpose hobby store with fabrics and yarn. The yarns they're closing out are mostly the fuzzy, furry type ones, so hopefully that means they understand no one wants to use that stuff anymore, and wants nicer yarns.

sue